Viral Priming of Neurodegeneration: How Early-Life Virus Infection Creates Latent Vulnerability to Neurodegenerative Proteinopathies

Ongoing Projects

Volkswagen Stiftung | IEP

Project title: Viral Priming of Neurodegeneration: How Early-Life Virus Infection Creates Latent Vulnerability to Neurodegenerative Proteinopathies

Acronym: PrimeND

Call title: VolkswagenStiftung - NEXT – Rethink Neurodegeneration!

Funding source: VolkswagenStiftung

Main applicant: Prof. Dr. Franziska Richter Assencio, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover

Coordinator: Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover

Project partners:

  • Fran Krstanović, PhD, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine
  • Christopher Käufer, PhD, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Germany
  • Dr. Steffen Roßner, Paul Flechsig Institute, University of Leipzig, Germany
  • Ofer Mandelboim, PhD, Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Project implementation period: : 01.11.2026 – 31.10.2031

Total project value: EUR 1.710.000,00

Budget for MEDRI: EUR 393.720,00